SCDSS v. Rita Wilson

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CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

South Carolina Department of Social Services,
Respondent,

v.

Rita Wilson and Irwin Demetrice Wilson, Defendants,

of whom Rita Wilson is the Appellant.

In the interest of minors under the age of eighteen.

Appellate Case No. 2025-001449

Appeal From Richland County
C. Vance Stricklin, Jr., Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2026-UP-101
Submitted February 18, 2026 – Filed February 23, 2026

AFFIRMED

Nancy Carol Fennell, of Irmo; and Rita Wilson, of
Columbia, pro se, both for Appellant.

Kathryn J. Walsh, of the South Carolina Department of
Social Services, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.
Angela L. Kohel, of Richland County CASA, of
Columbia, for the Guardian ad Litem.

PER CURIAM: Rita Wilson appeals the family court's final order terminating her
parental rights to her minor children. See S.C. Code Ann. § 63-7-2570 (Supp.
2025). Upon a thorough review of the record, Wilson's pro se response, and the
family court's findings of fact and conclusions of law pursuant to Ex parte
Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), we find no meritorious issues
warrant briefing. Accordingly, we affirm the family court's ruling.

AFFIRMED.1

GEATHERS, HEWITT, and CURTIS, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.